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They did, it is true, cut all the edible parts from the rhino and carry them home; but already they were pretty well weighted down with the spoils of the chase, and only the fact that they are particularly fond of rhino-meat caused them to do so.

The little rhino birds fluttered and circled about their giant ward.

POACHERS AT LARGEKWS Assistant Director Simon Gitau told the Nation that the overnight search did not yield any results in tracking down the poachers or rhinos. "The matter is under investigation," Mr Gitau said.

Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.

The programme, which includes talks, will celebrate the rhinos that live at the park and attempt to raise awareness of the challenges faced by endangered species in the wild.

Six rhinos have been treated so far and the aim is to infuse 3,000 of the magnificent beasts in South Africa.

? Mandela is one of five Eastern black rhino taken to Africa THE Eastern black rhino population in Rwanda's Akagera National Park has grown with the arrival of five new individuals from European zoos, as part of the largest ever translocation of rhinos from Europe to Africa.

Deep in the South African bush are six rhinos which could hold the key to the future of their entire species.

Having been taken in by the Care For Wild Rhino Sanctuary, Arthur has now become the face of the growing crisis that rhinos are facing.

Sumatran Rhinos are found mostly in the Indonesian island of Sumatra and in Malaysia (until now).

Malaysia has only one captive female rhino left, Iman, with no records of rhinos in the wild in recent years.

The charity Save the Rhino says that 1028 rhinos were brutally murdered for their horns in South Africa in 2017 - the equivalent of three a day.